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J. GORINAC.

RAILROAD CROSSING.

APPLICATION man MAY 28. I919.

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RAILROAD CROSSiNG.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28. 1919.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

Applicationfiled May 28, 1919. Serial No. 300,315.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH GoRINAo, a citizen of Jugo-Slavia, residing at Collinwood, in the county of C-uyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Crossings, of which the following is a specification. I

The primary object of the present invention is to provide an improved form of railroad crossing in which the rails at the crossing embody four relatively short portions positioned in the usual rectangular formation and so retained by interconnected cross brace bars extending therebet'ween.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved form of cross plate forrailroad crossings wherein the meeting ends of the rails are securely held in position upon the cross plates by an improved form of fastening member.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and shown in th accompanying drawings, in which like re erence characters indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, I

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a railway crossing constructed in accordance with the present invention, and showing the interlocked crossed braces for the short sections of the rails, I Fig. 2'is an edge elevational view of the form of the construction shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a cross sectional View on line llIl-HI of Fig. 1 taken through one of the cross braces, v

Fig. 1 is a cross sectional view taken on line IVIV of Fig. 1, through one of the crossing plates, f

Fig. 5' is an enlarged detached perspective view ofone of the crossing plates,

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of one end of one of the cross braces Fig. .7 is a perspective view of one of the wedge blocks associated with the rail and chair plate,

Fig, 8 is a perspective view of a wedge block associated with the cross braces, and Fig. 9 is a perspective view of one end of the rail supported on the cross plate showing the flange carried thereby for guidin the Wheel flange.

ferring more in detail to the accompanying drawing and particularly to Figs. 1 and 5, there is provided a crossing plate 10 having crossed rail seats 11 formed thereon by means of integral upstanding rail engaging fishv bars 12 having the usual overhanging rail engaging-portions 13, certain ones of which are provided with openings 14 therein adapted for the reception of lock bolts. Theintersecting portion of the seats 11 is provided with an upstanding block 15 slightly projecting above the integral members 12 as illustrated in Fig. 5 and provided with cross grooves 16 extending in alinement with the seats ll-to permit passage of the flange of a car wheel.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 9, the rails 17 have the ends thereof slidably received in the seats 11 upon the plate 10 with the fish bars and flanges 12 and 13 engaging adjacent parts thereof while the tread 18 of the rail is provided with an integral flange 19 j with the outwardly positioned end thereof flared as at 20 to insure the flange of the wheel properly entering the cross over and to guide the flange through the grooves 16 in the block 15, it being noted that the flanges 20 are formed upon the adjacent sides of 0p osite rails as illustrated in Fig. 1.

11 order to hold the rails positioned as illustrated, the blocks 21 shown in detail in Fig. 7 are positioned upon the base plate 1 10 between the rail 17 and one of the fish bars 12 that is apertured, while one end of the block is bifurcated as shown at 22 with an opening 23 through one leg thereof, said opening adapted for registration with the adjacent opening 14 in the member 12 whereupon a locking bolt 24: is inserted with the retaining nut or other suitable keeper member 25 positioned upon the inwardly projecting end thereof that terminates between the bifurcations as shown in Fig. 1

tread for the car wheel and a guide for the flange thereof. Similar blocks 21 are carried by adjacent portions of the plates 10 and cooperate with the short rail sections flange 32 is slightly spaced from the rail section 26 adapted for the reception of the block 33 provided with a recess 34 in the upper side thereof and with a bolt entering opening 35 in one wall that is adapted to register with an opening 36 provided in the end wall of the recess 37 in the top of the portion 32 and into which a locking bolt 38 is adapted to be received.

With this construction of cross over, the rails entering the plates 10 are heldin their proper positions at all times by the permanent positioning of the plates caused by the cross braces 28 preventing any relative movement thereof while the short rail sections 26 are retained in their set position by said braces to insure the proper alining of the rails and grooves for the traction of the car wheels.

What I claim as new is 1. A railroad crossing comprising crossing plates, rail engaging bars carried thereand, defining crossed rail seats, an upstanding block at the intersection of the crossed seats and projecting slightly above said rail engaging bars with cross wheel flange grooves in the upper face thereof, rails having their ends received in said seats, flanges carried by the tread portions of said rails to define grooves in alinement with the grooves in said block, retaining blocks with bifurcated ends arranged between said rails and the blocks carried by said plates, bolts extending through the barsand into the bifurcated ends of said last named blocks, short rail section's between the adjacent portions of said plateswith grooves in the tread surface thereof alining with the grooves in the plate block and cross braces extending between said short rails.

2. A railroad crossing comprising crossing plates, rail engaging bars carried thereby and defining crossed rail seats, an n standing block at the intersection of the crossed seats and projecting slightly above said rail. engaging bars with cross wheel grooves in the upper face thereof, rails having their ends received in said seats, flanges carried by the tread portions of said rails to define grooves in alinement with the grooves in said block, retaining ing rail engaging of said plates with grooves in blocks with bifurcated ends arranged between said rails and the blocks carried by said plates, bolts extending through the bars and into. the bifurcated ends of said last named blocks, short railsections between the adjacent portions of said plates with grooves in thetread surface thereof alining with the grooves in the plate block, and interlocked cross braces extending between said short rails.

3. A railroad crossing comprising crossing plates, rail engaging bars carried thereby and defining cross rail seats, an upstanding block at the intersection of the crossed seats and projecting slightly above said rail engaging bars with cross Wheel flange grooves in the upper face thereof, rails having their ends received in said seats, flanges carried by the tread portions of said rails to define grooves in alinement with the grooves in said block, retaining blocks with bifurcated ends arranged between said rails and the blocks carried by saidiplates, bolts extending through the bars and into the bifurcated ends of said last named blocks, short rail sections between the adjacent portions of said plates with grooves in the tread surface thereof alining with the grooves in the plate block, interlocked cross braces havportions at their opposite ends for engagement with said short rails and removable blocks associated with said braces adapted to be secured thereto and in contact with the short rails.

4. A railroad crossing comprising crossing plates, rail engaging bars carried thereby and defining crossed rail seats, an upstanding. block at the intersection of the crossed seats and projecting slightly above said rail engaging bars with cross Wheel flange grooves in the upper face thereof, rails having their ends received in said seats, flanges carried by the tread portions of said rails to define grooves in alinelnent with the grooves in said block, retaining blocks with bifurcated ends arranged between said rails and the blocks carried by said plates, bolts extending through the bars and into the bifurcated ends of said last named blocks, short rail sections between the adjacent portions the tread surface thereof alining with the grooves in the plate block, cross braces having rail engaging flanges at the terminal flanges positioned inwardly of each end and having recesses in the upper faces thereof with a bolt receiving opening in the outer wall of said recess, a removable block associated with said inwardly positioned flanges and having openings therein registering with the aforesaid opening and locking bolts extending through said registering openings, the block adapted for engagement with the adjacent face of the short rail.

5. A railroad crossing comprising crossends thereof,

ing plates, rail engaging bars carried thereby and defining crossed rail seats, 'an upstanding block at the intersection of the crossed seats and projecting slightly above said rail engaging bars with cross wheel flange grooves in the upper face thereof, rails having their ends received in said seats, flanges carried by the tread ortions of said rails to define grooves in a inement with the grooves in said block, retaining blocks with bifurcated ends arranged between said rails and the blocks carried by said plates, bolts extending through the bars and into the bifurcated ends of said last named blocks, short rail sections between the adjacent portions of said plates with rooves in the tread surface thereof alining with the grooves in the plate block, cross braces connected together at their contacting portions and in engagement with the short rails at their outer ends and removable blocks arranged to engage said short rails and be locked to said cross braces.

6. A railroad crossing comprising cross plates, rail engaging bars carried thereby and defining crossed rail seats, an upstanding block at the intersection of the crossed seats and projecting slightly above said rail ing their ends received in said seats, flanges carried by the tread portions of said rails to define grooves in alinement with the grooves -in said block, retaining blocks with bifurcated ends arranged between said rails and the blocks carried by said plates, bolts extending through the first named blocks in the bifurcated ends of said last named blocks, short rail sections in the tread surface thereof alining with the grooves in the plate block, cross braces connected together at their contacting portions and in engagement with the short rails at their outer ends and removable blocks arranged to engage said short rails and be locked to said cross braces, said blocks and cross braces being provided with registering openings and sockets accommodating locking means associated therewith.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature,

JOSEPH GORINAG. 

